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In the first 11 months of 2014, around 20 million people in Spain have visited the cinema to watch a Spanish made film, almost twice as many who went to watch home-made product during 2013 and almost two million more than 2012 [url=http://www.teamraptorsshop.com/norman-powell-raptors-jersey/]Norman Powell Raptors Jersey[/url] , when cinemagoers paid to watch 'The Adventures of Tadeo Jones' and 'The Impossible', which until 2014 was the most successful film of all time.

However, the release of the comedy 'Eight Basque Surnames' (Ocho apellidos Vascos) and 'The Kid' (El Nino) have helped 2014 become a massively successful year for Spanish cinema.

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Despite the crisis and a much criticized sales tax rate of 21 percent on tickets, 2014 has also benefited from a series of days in which cinema prices were lowered to just three euros on several Wednesdays throughout the year ensuring long queues and packed cinemas.

Overall box-office takings for Spanish films in the first 11 months of 2014 stood at 118 million euros.

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CANBERRA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A common species of Australian pigeon uses the sound of its feathers to warn of impending danger, a local study has found.

Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) found that rather than using vocals, the crested pigeon uses a high-pitched sound produced by its main flight feathers to warn fellow pigeons of predators.

As the pigeon flaps faster to escape danger, the tempo of the alarm signal automatically increases.

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"Crested pigeons signal danger with noisy wings, not voices," Murray said in an ANU media release.

"It shows that birds really can use their feathers as 'musical instruments' to communicate with others."

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They found that the bird's eighth primary wing feather was responsible for the high-pitched notes with each downstroke.

It was also discovered that the ninth feather produces a low-pitched sound that it was not involved in the alarm.

Researchers played flight sounds of crested pigeons with and without their eighth feather to a flock of other pigeons.

"We show that the crested pigeon produces an acoustic alarm signal with its wings and that it is an intrinsically reliable signal of danger," Murray said.

"The alarm signal is intrinsically reliable because pigeons flap faster to escape predators, and this fast flapping automatically produces the high-tempo alarm signal."

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Larry Nassar, the disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor who admitted to sexually abusing underage girls, has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison on child pornography charges [url=http://www.teamraptorsshop.com/kj-mcdaniels-raptors-jersey/]KJ McDaniels Raptors Jersey[/url] , a court official said Thursday.

US District Judge Janet Neff essentially imposed a life prison term on the 54-year-old physician, sentencing Nassar to 20 years for each of three counts, which are to be served consecutively, according to the docket.

But the child porn charges are not the most serious accusations against Nassar.

In November, he pleaded guilty to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and admitted to using his position to sexually abuse underage girls. Three of those charges related to victims who were under age 13. He will be sentenced on those state charges in January.

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Nassar pleaded guilty in July to receiving child pornography in 2004, possessing child pornography from 2003 to 2016 and destroying and concealing evidence in 2016 as he was under investigation, according to the US attorney's office for the Western District of Michigan.

Rachael Denhollander, a former Michigan gymnast who filed the first criminal complaint against Nassar, said after the sentencing that the case represented failures on many levels [url=http://www.teamraptorsshop.com/jay-ajayi-raptors-jersey/]Jay Ajayi Raptors Jersey[/url] , from university athletics programs to sports governing bodies.

""It is victim blaming and victim blaming at its finest,"" Denhollander told reporters. ""And that should terrify us. Because ladies and gentlemen, this is the culture of abuse. This is what keeps victims silent. This is what keeps predators in power. And this is what's endangering the next generation of girls.""

John Manly, an attorney representing more than 100 victims, said he was proud of McKayla Maroney and other victims for overcoming their fear and facing their perpetrator in court.

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Andrew Birge, acting US Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, called Nassar an ""insidious, hands-on predator"" who ""treated his license to practice medicine .

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